Solid-State Electrolytes for Safe Batteries

Dear Colleagues,

The development of batteries with high energy density and safety is essential for the market of electric vehicles, portable devices, and renewable energy sources. Solid-state electrolytes are the most promising materials for energy-dense and safe energy storage in batteries. Replacing organic liquid electrolytes with solid-state electrolytes eliminates the risk of inflammation at elevated temperatures and/or the battery damage, including that as a result of a short circuit. Ionic conductivity, mechanical stability, chemical stability under various conditions, electrochemical stability, interfacial transport characteristics, and interface compatibility with electrodes, including high energy ones, are critical parameters for the development of safe and high performance solid-state batteries.

In this Special Issue, we are looking for contributions that will be devoted to the design of inorganic solid electrolytes with high ionic conductivity and low resistance at electrode/electrolyte interface, as well as polymer solid electrolytes with good oxidative stability and high cation transference numbers, the development of safe all-solid-state batteries.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Promising materials for solid-state electrolytes, including garnets, perovskites, LIPON and NASICONs;
• Composite solid electrolyte;
• Solid polymer electrolyte;
• Electrode–electrolyte interface and interface engineering;
• Cycling stability;
• All-solid-state battery fabrication;
• Battery modelling;
• High performance batteries.

Prof. Dr. Irina A. Stenina
Guest Editor

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